<p>From what I hear you saying, OP, you are not going to have a roof over your head come June. So in the short term, you need to plan for that. How will you eat? If you find a job, how will you get from residence to job and back? I’m concerned about your being on the street this summer. Do you have a plan for this eventuality?</p>
<p>Be wary of the kindness of strangers. You may not have a well-developed sense of appropriate or creepy, of when not to trust someone. Be careful whom you trust when you’re in a vulnerable situation. Go slow when the situation is as fluid as this one. If it seems too good to be true, it may be.</p>
<p>Great advice from jkeil911 about being wary. </p>
<p>There are lots of nice people out there, and lots of not so nice people who might take advantage of you. It’s not always easy to tell the difference.</p>
<p>Trust your gut instinct in every situation. If something doesn’t feel right, leave immediately. Don’t worry about embarrassment, and it’s okay to tell a small lie to get to safety.</p>
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I was rather appalled they said that but they did back it up with we dont hate you but you need to grow up and cut the ties.
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<p>Gee, how nice of them not to hate you. lol</p>
<p>Seriously, any mentally-healthy parent or step-parent knows that you never say things like that to a child (or anyone for that matter). If these people talk this way, then the sooner you get them out of your life, the better. This is just a portend of manipulative things to come in regards to who you date, marry, live, work, etc.</p>
<p>If you can reconcile with your mom and she’s not nutty then do so. Try to also work out something with your brother so that either way you have a roof over your head and a parent that you can use on FAFSA next year.</p>
<p>To me Temple seems to be the best choice. I’d work hard to convince your dad to go with you to an accepted students day so he can see the school for himself.</p>
<p>thank you guys very much I will talk with my brother but I heard my dad saying he may have a job lined up so who know he may or may not be a possibility. I am trying to work things out w. my mom, however in the past she has had problems with actually providing for us (which is why she lost custody) and drinking/pills. both parents are a little screwy :-<</p>
<p>To happy1 I have taken my dad to TU during the summer a long with my step mom and they both refused to see it so they sat on a bench and I toured the school. I have an ETD this weekend but again they refuse to go.Today I tried to talk to my dad about TU but he can’t get past the area,so there is no changing his mind no matter how hard I try. He loves Slippery Rock (where he went for a little while), Kutztown & WCU compared to temple (an okay school) those are “great schools and very safe”. </p>
<p>As for the being wary, at this point I don’t really trust anyone, all relatives have taken sides and as long as I am in the house I am under the conditions of my step-mom & dad. as long as I continue to stay in this house my mom wont help me. (parents hate each other). The only people really helping me are my counselor & teacher. I also don’t have most of my stuff with me only a trash bag or two of clothing. </p>
<p>BTW if this is your real picture and any part of your screenname is genuine, please take down the photograph and replace it with anything else. You don’t want someone from your family coming accross this, and now everything is traceable through FB on top of it…</p>
<p>not that my family would ever come across something like CC ever but smart idea just in case. </p>